Check out if your favorite brands are doing right by orangutans

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Chances are, yes. Find out what's happening, and why we need your help.

You've most likely eaten palm oil or used it to wash yourself or clean your house today. Palm oil is a hidden ingredient found in an incredible range of everyday household products from margarine to lipstick, biscuits to candles, chocolate to laundry detergent. In fact, it's the world's most produced, consumed and traded vegetable oil, accounting for 38% of global vegetable oil consumption in 2014/15.

There's nothing wrong with palm oil. The problem is how it's grown. Too often, palm oil plantations cover what used to be amazing rainforests that are home to wildlife such as tigers, elephants and orangutans.

Now we need your help to fix this problem. Check out WWF's Palm Oil Buyers Scorecard 2016.

WWF has scored 137 companies based on their use of certified sustainable palm oil – this is palm oil that was produced according to specific sustainability criteria. Some of the best known brands from the US, Canada, Europe, Japan, India and Australia are included. Among the iconic brands included are:

Carrefour
Danone
Ferrero
Nestlé
Tesco
Unilever

We're asking you to make some noise on Twitter - visit the Scorecard to high-five those that scored well and encourage the rest that scored poorly.

Tweet any of the 137 companies assessed in the Scorecard and ask them to perform better!

What else can you do?

What you buy at the supermarket matters. Next time you're out shopping, choose products made by companies that are making genuine efforts to reduce their negative impact on forests and wildlife. Where to start? Right here by checking which companies scored high in our Scorecard.